On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:59:21PM +0000, 1 0 wrote: > > There is a typo in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE Announcement: > > > > # dd if=8.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=10240 conv=sync > > > > should be > > > > # dd if=8.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1024k conv=sync > > AFAIK, this isn't a typo.
10240 is correct (10KiB), but I don't know the rationale for that size. The typo is that, as per the release announcement, all of the filenames are now preceded by 'FreeBSD-'. I let Ken know ages ago, but suppose I should have submitted a PR .. cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
